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Beaches in East Attica
All 59 beaches in East Attica, in one list. 28 of them are not exposed to the meltemi, which gives them the better odds on a windy day. Open any of them for live wind and waves.
The beaches
- Paralia Agrilezas Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Akrotiriou Pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Agias Paraskevis Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Agiou Konstantinou Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Paralia Agkona Pebbles - Easy road access
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Mikro Sesi
Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
The little cove of Grammatiko — Mikro Sesi lies in northeastern Attica, near Grammatiko in the municipality of Marathon, on the southern shore of the South Euboean Gulf. It is the…
- Theretro Axiomatikon Navtikou Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia Schinia
Sandy - Easy road access
A pine-backed beach on Marathon Bay — About 5 km of fine golden sand with shallow, warm water, backed by a dense stone-pine forest that shades the edge of the sand. It often gets windy…
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Paralia Marathona
Sandy - Easy road access
A long, shallow family beach — It is often referred to together with Schinias, which forms the northern edge of the same bay.
- Paralia Zoumperi Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Ormos Lidaki Sandy - Easy path
- Plaz Rafinas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Artemidas
Sandy - Easy road access
The shore of the ancient temple of Artemis — Artemida beach stretches for a great length along the eastern coast of Attica, in front of the town older Athenians still call Loutsa. The settlement…
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Paralia Vravronas
Sandy - Moderate access
A quiet shore beside the Sanctuary of Artemis — Its distinctive feature: nearby is the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron, a major ancient site (temple ~700 BC) with a stone bridge and a sacred spring.
- Mikri Chamolia Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Paralia Chamolia
Sandy - Moderate access
The sandy shore below ancient Vravrona — Hamolia lies on the eastern coast of Attica, in front of the seaside settlement of the same name at Vravrona, about four kilometres north of Porto…
- Paralia Arachnes Pebbles - Difficult access (path)
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Erotospilia
Sand & pebbles - Moderate access
The cove with the lovers' cave — Erotospilia is a small cove just past Porto Rafti on the eastern coast of Attica. It owes its name to the cave that opens in its rocks: couples in…
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Paralia Agiou Spyridona
Sandy - Easy road access
The chapel at the edge of the bay — Agios Spyridonas beach sits in Porto Rafti, East Attica, at the northern tip of the bay, where the coastal Leoforos Gregou ends. It takes its name…
- Nisida Kekropoula Rocky - Easy path
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Avlaki
Sandy - Easy road access
The Blue Flag municipal beach — Avlaki lies about four kilometres south of Porto Rafti, in the municipality of Markopoulo Mesogaias in East Attica. It is the area's municipal beach…
- Panorama Pebbles - Easy road access
- Kakia Thalassa Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Kokoloko
Pebbles - Passable dirt road
The pebble cove at Daskalio — Kokoloko sits on the eastern shore of Attica, in the Daskalio area between Kakia Thalassa and Porto Rafti. It is a cove of pebbles and rocks facing…
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Lomparda / Mojito Bay
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The south-facing bay with the Venetian name — Lombarda lies at Agia Marina Koropiou, on the coastal route toward Sounio, about forty minutes from central Athens. The beach faces south onto the…
- Iliopoulos Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Altheas
Sand & pebbles - Easy path
The little beach below the coastal road — Althea beach sits at Agia Marina in Koropi, around the 35th kilometre of the Athens-Sounio coastal avenue in East Attica. It stays hidden below the…
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Paralia Skales Altheas
Pebbles - Easy path
The little steps down to a turquoise cove — Skales Altheas lies in the small settlement of Althea at Agia Marina, on the Athens to Sounio coastal road in Attica, around its 35th kilometre. The…
- Galazia Akti Sandy - Easy road access
- Armyrikia Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Porto Ennea Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Pevko Pebbles - Easy road access
- Lagonissi Grand Resort Sandy - Easy road access
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Kalopigado
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The 'good well' of Lavreotiki — Kalopigado, formerly known as Vromopousi, is a seaside settlement and beach of Lavreotiki on the east coast of Attica, between Daskalio and…
- Evkalypta Pebbles - Easy road access
- Tsonima Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Kentriki paralia Saronidas Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Devteri Paralia Saronidas Pebbles - Easy road access
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Paralia Mavro Lithari
Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
The black rock between Saronida and Anavyssos — Mavro Lithari stretches along the Athens-Sounio coastal avenue between Saronida and Anavyssos, about forty kilometres from central Athens. It owes…
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Mavro Lithari / Eden Beach
Sandy - Easy road access
The gentle sandy stretch by the black rock — Mavro Lithari, also known as Eden Beach, spreads along the Athens-Sounio coastal route on the edge of Saronida and Anavyssos, in the municipality of…
- Paralia Anavyssou Sandy - Easy road access
- Ormos Agiou Nikolaou Sandy - Easy road access
- Skalakia Anavyssou Sand & pebbles - Easy path
- Paralia Agiou Nikolaou Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Thymari Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Pounta Zeza
Sandy - Easy road access
The beach with the sunken ancient settlement — Pounta Zeza lies on the Lavreotiki coast just outside Lavrio, a crescent of sand beneath a low seaside hill. Despite being so close to town, the…
- Pasa Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- Tsiou Pebbles - Easy path
- Asimaki Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
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Charakas
Sandy - Easy road access
The long sands facing Patroklos islet — Charakas beach lies on the southern coast of Lavreotiki in East Attica, a few kilometres before Sounio, in front of the seaside settlement of the…
- Paralia Legrainon Sandy - Easy road access
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Paralia KAPE
Sand & pebbles - Difficult access (path)
The rocky cove down a hundred steps — KAPE beach lies on the southern coast of Lavreotiki, between Charakas and Legrena, a few minutes before Sounio. Its unusual name is an acronym: the…
- Agios Petros Sand & pebbles - Passable dirt road
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Paralia Souniou
Sandy - Easy road access
Sand beneath the Temple of Poseidon — Sounio beach spreads along the bay below Cape Sounio, at the southernmost tip of Attica, with the Temple of Poseidon crowning the rock above it. Few…
- Porto Rafti Avlaki Sand & pebbles - Easy road access
- KAAv Agios Andreas Moderate access
- Oropos Agii Apostoli Kalamou Easy road access
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Oropos Skala Oropou
Pebbles - Easy road access
The old harbour town facing Eretria — The beach of Skala Oropou spreads in front of the settlement of the same name in northeastern Attica, where the South Euboean Gulf narrows opposite…
- Oropos Chalkoutsi Moderate access
Pick by what you are looking for
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Meltemi options
The coves that face away from the prevailing wind — the shortlist for a windy day.
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Family beaches
Organised, not hard to reach, and recorded as shallow in our data.
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Snorkeling
Rockier seabed and clearer water, where there is something to look at underwater.
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Organized
Sunbeds, umbrellas and somewhere to eat or drink nearby.
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Sunset
West-facing, so the sun goes down over the water in front of you.
- Sandy
- Beach bars
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Good to know
Which beaches in East Attica are more sheltered from the wind?
28 of the 59 face away from the meltemi, meaning less open water in front of them for a wave to build across when it blows. It is not a guarantee — the same beach changes character when the wind turns. Check the live reading before you drive out.
How is this list ordered?
By how well known each beach is, not by a score of ours. Which beach is good on a given day changes hour by hour and cannot be printed on a static page — so this page carries the list and the things that do not change, and the live map carries the conditions.
When is the sea calmest here?
Across 53 of the beaches on this page, the open water in front of them is typically 0.39 m in June, 0.39 m in July and 0.40 m in August when the meltemi is at its strongest, and 0.41 m in September. June is the calmest month of the season. We calculate these figures ourselves from European Copernicus wave-model data at 4.2 km resolution. They describe the sea offshore, not the shelter of an individual cove — a bay protected by a headland will usually be calmer than this.
How warm is the water, month by month?
Off 59 of the beaches on this page the sea is typically 18.4 °C in May, 22.2 °C in June, 24.9 °C in July, 25.8 °C in August and 24.9 °C in September — ideal at the height of summer, mild in June. By October it is 22.3 °C. August is the warmest month. Satellite measurements, 1995–2024, from a sea cell about 5 km offshore; shallow bays usually run warmer than this.
Weather and sea conditions change. CalmBeach uses the app view for live beach recommendations.